CVE-2012-3988
published 2012-10-10CVE-2012-3988: Use-after-free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbird before 16.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, and…
PriorityP343critical9.3CVSS 2.0
AVNACMAuNCCICAC
EPSS
5.20%
92.5th percentile
Use-after-free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbird before 16.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 might allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving use of mozRequestFullScreen to enter full-screen mode, and use of the history.back method for backwards history navigation.
Affected
21 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox | < 10.0.8 | 10.0.8 |
| mozilla | firefox | < 16.0 | 16.0 |
| mozilla | seamonkey | < 2.13 | 2.13 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | < 16.0 | 16.0 |
| mozilla | thunderbird_esr | < 10.0.8 | 10.0.8 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | — | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | — | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_eus | — | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | — | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | — | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | — | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | — | — |
| suse | linux_enterprise_desktop | — | — |
| suse | linux_enterprise_desktop | — | — |
| suse | linux_enterprise_sdk | — | — |
| suse | linux_enterprise_server | — | — |
| suse | linux_enterprise_server | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv2.09.3CRITICALAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
vendor_redhat9.3CRITICAL
vendor_ubuntu9.3CRITICAL
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GHSA
GHSA-wc4c-2hhq-9f86: Use-after-free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 16
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2012-3988 [HIGH] CWE-416 GHSA-wc4c-2hhq-9f86: Use-after-free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 16
Use-after-free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbird before 16.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 might allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving use of mozRequestFullScreen to enter full-screen mode, and use of the history.back method for backwards history navigation.
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2012-10-12·CVSS 9.3
CVE-2012-3982 [CRITICAL] Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Title: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.
Henrik Skupin, Jesse Ruderman, Christian Holler, Soroush Dalili and others
discovered several memory corruption flaws in Thunderbird. If a user were
tricked into opening a malicious website and had JavaScript enabled, an
attacker could exploit these to execute arbitrary JavaScript code within
the context of another website or arbitrary code as the user invoking the
program. (CVE-2012-3982, CVE-2012-3983, CVE-2012-3988, CVE-2012-3989,
CVE-2012-4191)
David Bloom and Jordi Chancel discovered that Thunderbird did not always
properly handle the element. If a user were tricked into opening a
malicious website and had JavaScript enabled, a remote attacker could
exploit this to conduct URL spoofing an
Red Hat
Mozilla: DOS and crash with full screen and history navigation (MFSA 2012-79)
vendor_redhat·2012-10-09·CVSS 9.3
CVE-2012-3988 [CRITICAL] Mozilla: DOS and crash with full screen and history navigation (MFSA 2012-79)
Mozilla: DOS and crash with full screen and history navigation (MFSA 2012-79)
Use-after-free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbird before 16.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 might allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving use of mozRequestFullScreen to enter full-screen mode, and use of the history.back method for backwards history navigation.
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2012-10-09·CVSS 9.3
CVE-2012-3983 [CRITICAL] Firefox vulnerabilities
Title: Firefox vulnerabilities
Summary: Multiple security issues were fixed in Firefox.
Henrik Skupin, Jesse Ruderman, Christian Holler, Soroush Dalili and others
discovered several memory corruption flaws in Firefox. If a user were
tricked into opening a specially crafted web page, a remote attacker could
cause Firefox to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code as the user
invoking the program. (CVE-2012-3982, CVE-2012-3983, CVE-2012-3988,
CVE-2012-3989)
David Bloom and Jordi Chancel discovered that Firefox did not always
properly handle the element. A remote attacker could exploit this
to conduct URL spoofing and clickjacking attacks. (CVE-2012-3984)
Collin Jackson discovered that Firefox did not properly follow the HTML5
specification for document.domain behavior. A remote attac
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
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2012-10-10
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